Automobile-door.



N. JUELL.

AUTOMOBILE DOOR. VAPPLICATMJN FILED JULYH, 19m.

mns aunar., or innmnaronrs, nrnnnsora.

an'romonrLn-noon.

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vTo all cohort z't may concern." i

-, Be it known that I, Nas Jem, a citizenv of theUnited States, residing at Mmneapo-y lis, in the county of-Hennepin and .State of Minnesota, have invented certainA new and useful Improvements in AutomobileDoors;

andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the `1ni vention, lsuch 'as will enable others skilled in the art to which it'appertains to make and use thosame, L' y ,y

vMy .invention relates to improvements 1n automobile' doorsiand has for its object to provide such' doors with interchangeable panel faces, Wherebyone side of a panel be painted like thebody of the automobile .l or have any other 4desired finish and the other side thereof may have printed thereon a name, character or an advertisement.

v To the above end, the invention consistsof the novel devices and combinations of d evices hereinafter described anddefined 1n 'theclaims f In the accompanying drawings, villustrate the invention, like characters indi-- cate like parts throughout theA several views.-

Referring to .the drawings,

."Figure l 's a fragment-ary slde elevation" ofthe front end-portion of an automobile i line 2 2- of Fig.A 1, on an enlarged scale;

having the invention incorporated therein; Fig. 2 'is a horizontal section taken' on the Fig. 3is. avertical sectiontakenonl the line 3 3- of Fig. 1, on an enlarged scale;

Fig. Llis a front elevation" of one of the doors removed from 'the automobile land illustrated on an enlarged scale, -with .some

l panel 7 rigidly secured to the frame 5. The.

vertical and bottom edge port-ions of theparts broken away, some parts sectioned and wiith the slide partly removed;

F ig'. 5 is aperspective view `ofone ofthe f door panels; and

Fig. Gis a view correspondingfto Fig. 2,-

but illustrating a slight modification. 'The automobilein whi-chthe inventionis incorporated is indicated as an entirety by the numeral 1, with the exception of -thef doors, 2, which are connected thereto by hinges 3. As the doors on the opposite rside of the automobile may be alike-the; descriptionof the one will suflice for'the' other.` Each door 2 compri-ses a rectangular frame 5, a removable outerpanel 6 `and an inner f Spcietion Letters meent.

tachably hold the front panel y The upper' ends vof the U-shape flange 9' fare connected by a horizontal bar 11 spaced.

" Patenten anni.v es, ieee.

appneatioh inea :r`u1y 17,1916. serial no. 109,@27.

door 2 are-covered by la U-shape metal facing 8, having on its outer edge a laterally inturned ange or bead'9, which'is` spaced apart from l,the frame 5 to afford a U-shape groove l0. This groove 10-is adapted to deapart from the frame 5 to afford aslot12, Awhichl isvertically alined with the groove 10. The' panel 6 is inserted into the groove l0 or removed therefrom through the slot 12. When the panel 6 is seated in the grooxfelO, the upper horizontal edge portion thereof is located Within theslot l2. The outer face of the frame 5-isgrecessed at 13, so that the panelG will not come incontact therewith and thereby scratch or mar the saine.

' A channel'slidell is provided for coveringthe top ofthe door 2,'bar 11 and slot 12 and thereby-give the doorga finished appearance and 'also to hold the panel 6 against lifting movement in thegroove lO and slot 12.- The flanges of this slide 14: have dove- Itail interlocking engagement with the upper 'horizontal edge portion of the panel 7 and the bar 11, as best shown in Fig. 3. The

slide 14 is moved endwise into position from the front edge of the door and engages the1 upper en'dof the-flange 9 as a stop. Pref- -erably, theslide lewillfbe held in position by frictional contact with the panel 7 andA bar 11, but -if desirable, a in or other suitable vI neans may beA provi ed for securing the saIneto the frame 5 againstA endwiseA -moveinent The expression interchangeable Apanel faces is intended to include a singlepanel that can be reversed face for face, two panels that can be interchangeably held in a door,

yone at a'time, panels that -can be shifted from onedoorto the other on opposite sides 1 of an automobile to change their exposed faces and two panels held in a door, the one fin front ofthe other, as shown in Fig. 6.

In vFigs'l to 5, inclusive, the construction is such that the Panels 6 may be shifted from one door to theother on opposite sides o flan automobile to either expose the advertislng' contained thereon or cover the same up, or, if desired, two panelsfor each door may. be provilde d,one panel having a plain outer face and the'other having on its outer vface an advertisement. Incase the doors of the automobile are of symmetrical form, the

advertisement on the panel may be exposed i' or covered up simplyl by reversing the panel one directly back of the other, so that two interchangeable panels may be carried by each door, the one having a plain outer face and the other having on its outer face anl advertisement.

Automobile doors, constructed in accord-v ance with the above described invention, are f especially intended for automobiles used for both business and pleasure. When used in v business, the panel face containing the name of the firm or lother advertisement may be exposed and when used as a pleasure car, the plain side of the panelface may be exposed.

What I claim is l. An automobile door comprising' a marginal frame and inner and outer panels with a recess therebetween, said'o'uter panel being reversible face for face.

2. An automobile having doors comprising marginal frames and inner and outer panels With recesses therebetween, said outer panels being detachable and interchangeable lto reverse their exposed faces.

3. An automobile door having in its outer face a U-shape groove, a panel removably held in said groove, and a slide covering the top of the door and the upper edge portion of the panel.

. In testimony whereofv I aiHx my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

Nine` JUELL.

Witnesses l v D. H. Imor'rois, W. W.. ltllooimrm.4 

